Today it's been 12 yrs. since Chris passed away. Though I still feel like he is here with me, it does feel like a long time. I was thinking of all the things that have happened since then. Iraq war, first black President, Superstorm Sandy, Facebook, Twitter, the iPad, etc...But he missed the most IMPORTANT event that happened 5 months after his passing, the birth of mine (and his) nephew, Florentino Christopher Garguilo (try saying that 10 times fast).
Though he wasn't around for his birth, he was there in our thoughts and in our heart. Chris wasn't good with kids, never knew how to act or talk to them, but he would've loved Tino like he was his own. Since he was unable to have kids of his own because of his illness (Systemic Lupus, don't know if I mentioned what ailed him), I know he would've treated Tino as his own. Looking out for him, teaching him about computers, taking him places (if Denise would allow it), showered him with gifts, teasing him (though he would've learned quickly Tino wouldn't like that) and most of all, like I said, loved him and cared for him like he was his own.
I just feel sad and sorry, that he never got to see him, and that Tino never got to see him. To never experience how funny, smart, and unique that Tino is. And it's even sadder that he didn't get to watch Tino grow up to be the good, caring, loving, insightful boy that he is. But I think that the saddest thin is that Chris never got to see the joy and love that Tino brought to Denise. That would have made him proud to see how much love she has for him.
They say something good always comes out of something bad and that death always brings a new life, well from this experience I guess this is true.
Thinking of you Dude....
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